World Rankings — Women’s Javelin WR holder Barbora Špotáková is at 9 No. 1s and counting © JIRO MOCHIZUKI/PHOTO RUN 1956 1957 1 ............Ineze Jaunzeme (Soviet Union) 1 ...... Dana Zátopková (Czechoslovakia) 2 ...................... Erszébet Vigh (Hungary) 2 ............... Maria Diaconescu (Romania) 3 ......... Almut Brömmel (West Germany) 3 ............Ineze Jaunzeme (Soviet Union) 4 .. Nadezhda Konyayeva (Soviet Union) 4 ......... Almut Brömmel (West Germany) 5 ...... Dana Zátopková (Czechoslovakia) 5 ....................... Urszula Figwer (Poland) 6 .... Aleksandra Chudina (Soviet Union) 6 ............... Galina Zybina (Soviet Union) 7 ....................... Urszula Figwer (Poland) 7 ..... Eleanora Bogunova (Soviet Union) 8 ......................... Marlene Ahrens (Chile) 8 ............ Maya Makarova (Soviet Union) 9 .....................Ingrid Almquist (Sweden) 9 ............... Elvīra Ozoliņa (Soviet Union) 10 ............................. Karen Oldham (US) 10 ...................Ingrid Almquist (Sweden) © Track & Field News 2018 — 1 — World Rankings — Women’s Javelin 1958 1962 1 ...... Dana Zátopková (Czechoslovakia) 1 ............... Elvīra Ozoliņa (Soviet Union) 2 ...........Birutė Kaledienė (Soviet Union) 2 ............... Maria Diaconescu (Romania) 3 ..........Jutta Neumann (West Germany) 3 ........Alevtina Shastitko (Soviet Union) 4 ........................Anna Pazera (Australia) 4 .. Anneliese Gerhards (West Germany) 5 ............... Galina Zybina (Soviet Union) 5 ............Inge Schwalbe (East Germany) 6 ......... Almut Brömmel (West Germany) 6 ......Yelena Gorchakova (Soviet Union) 7 ..... Eleanora Bogunova (Soviet Union) 7 .........................Márta Rudas (Hungary) 8 ................... Maria Grabowska (Poland) 8 .............. Virve Polsdam (Soviet Union) 9 ....................... Urszula Figwer (Poland) 9 ........................ Erika Strasser (Austria) 10 .... Yelena Dyemonova (Soviet Union) 10 ............ Galina Bykova (Soviet Union) 1959 1963 1 ........Alevtina Shastitko (Soviet Union) 1 .. Anneliese Gerhards (West Germany) 2 ...........Birutė Kaledienė (Soviet Union) 2 ............... Elvīra Ozoliņa (Soviet Union) 3 ............... Elvīra Ozoliņa (Soviet Union) 3 ............. Marion Lüttge (East Germany) 4 ...... Dana Zátopková (Czechoslovakia) 4 ......Yelena Gorchakova (Soviet Union) 5 ............Inge Schwalbe (East Germany) 5 ............Inge Schwalbe (East Germany) 6 ....................... Urszula Figwer (Poland) 6 ........Alevtina Shastitko (Soviet Union) 7 ..................Olga Zuyeva (Soviet Union) 7 ............... Maria Diaconescu (Romania) 8 ................... Maria Grabowska (Poland) 8 ....... Galina Vysotskaya (Soviet Union) 9 ........Vlasta Pešková (Czechoslovakia) 9 .............................. Hiroko Sato (Japan) 10 ....Yelena Gorchakova (Soviet Union) 10 ........Aldona Stančiūtė (Soviet Union) 1960 1964 1 ............... Elvīra Ozoliņa (Soviet Union) 1 .....................Mihaela Peneş (Romania) 2 ...... Dana Zátopková (Czechoslovakia) 2 .........................Márta Rudas (Hungary) 3 ........Vlasta Pešková (Czechoslovakia) 3 ......Yelena Gorchakova (Soviet Union) 4 ........Alevtina Shastitko (Soviet Union) 4 .. Anneliese Gerhards (West Germany) 5 ...........Birutė Kaledienė (Soviet Union) 5 ............Inge Schwalbe (East Germany) 6 ....................... Urszula Figwer (Poland) 6 ............... Elvīra Ozoliņa (Soviet Union) 7 ............Inge Schwalbe (East Germany) 7 ...........Birutė Kaledienė (Soviet Union) 8 ......Yelena Gorchakova (Soviet Union) 8 ......... Valentina Popova (Soviet Union) 9 ........................Anna Pazera (Australia) 9 ............... Maria Diaconescu (Romania) 10 ...... Tamara Tsvetkova (Soviet Union) 10 ............................ Hiroko Sato (Japan) 1961 1965 1 ............... Elvīra Ozoliņa (Soviet Union) 1 .....................Mihaela Peneş (Romania) 2 ........Alevtina Shastitko (Soviet Union) 2 .........................Márta Rudas (Hungary) 3 ......Yelena Gorchakova (Soviet Union) 3 ......Yelena Gorchakova (Soviet Union) 4 ............... Maria Diaconescu (Romania) 4 ......... Valentina Popova (Soviet Union) 5 ...... Dana Zátopková (Czechoslovakia) 5 .................................... RaNae Bair (US) 6 .............Christa Ranke (East Germany) 6 .. Anneliese Gerhards (West Germany) 7 .. Anneliese Gerhards (West Germany) 7 ...... Maya Dubograyeva (Soviet Union) 8 .. Lyudmila Kuznetsova (Soviet Union) 8 ........................Sue Platt (Great Britain) 9 .......................... Tereza Tubek (Poland) 9 ....... Galina Vysotskaya (Soviet Union) 10 ......................Sue Platt (Great Britain) 10 ..................... Michele Demys (France) © Track & Field News 2018 — 2 — World Rankings — Women’s Javelin 1966 1970 1 ............. Marion Lüttge (East Germany) 1 ...................Daniela Jaworska (Poland) 2 .....................Mihaela Peneş (Romania) 2 .................Ruth Fuchs (East Germany) 3 ............... Elvīra Ozoliņa (Soviet Union) 3 ........................Ewa Gryziecka (Poland) 4 .................................... RaNae Bair (US) 4 ........................ Petra Rivers (Australia) 5 ......... Valentina Popova (Soviet Union) 5 ..................Mara Saulite (Soviet Union) 6 ......Yelena Gorchakova (Soviet Union) 6 ........ Maria Moskalenko (Soviet Union) 7 .........................Márta Rudas (Hungary) 7 ............. Valentina Evert (Soviet Union) 8 ...............Nina Marakina (Soviet Union) 8 ...................Magdolna Vidos (Hungary) 9 ........... Ameli Koloska (West Germany) 9 .............................. Eva Janko (Austria) 10 ........................Barbara Friedrich (US) 10 ............Vera Komissar (Soviet Union) 1967 1971 1 ...................Daniela Jaworska (Poland) 1 ...................Daniela Jaworska (Poland) 2 ..........................Barbara Friedrich (US) 2 .................Ruth Fuchs (East Germany) 3 .................................... RaNae Bair (US) 3 ........... Ameli Koloska (West Germany) 4 ........ Maria Moskalenko (Soviet Union) 4 ...................... Angéla Ránky (Hungary) 5 .....................Mihaela Peneş (Romania) 5 ........................Ewa Gryziecka (Poland) 6 ........... Ameli Koloska (West Germany) 6 ...............Nina Marakina (Soviet Union) 7 .................Ruth Fuchs (East Germany) 7 .. Anneliese Gerhards (West Germany) 8 ...............Nina Marakina (Soviet Union) 8 ..............Nataša Urbančič (Yugoslavia) 9 ......Yelena Gorchakova (Soviet Union) 9 ............. Valentina Evert (Soviet Union) 10 .......... Helga Schulze (East Germany) 10 .........................Mária Vágó (Hungary) 1968 1972 1 ...................... Angéla Ránky (Hungary) 1 .................Ruth Fuchs (East Germany) 2 .....................Mihaela Peneş (Romania) 2 ......... Jacqueline Hein (East Germany) 3 ...................Daniela Jaworska (Poland) 3 .................................Kate Schmidt (US) 4 .............................. Eva Janko (Austria) 4 ........................Ewa Gryziecka (Poland) 5 .........................Márta Rudas (Hungary) 5 ................... Lutvian Mollova (Bulgaria) 6 ........... Ameli Koloska (West Germany) 6 ..............Nataša Urbančič (Yugoslavia) 7 ..............Nataša Urbančič (Yugoslavia) 7 ..............Vera Komissar (Soviet Union) 8 ........................Kaisa Launela (Finland) 8 ........... Svetlana Babich (Soviet Union) 9 ..........................Barbara Friedrich (US) 9 ........... Ameli Koloska (West Germany) 10 .......... Helga Schulze (East Germany) 10 ............................ Eva Janko (Austria) 1969 1973 1 ...................... Angéla Ránky (Hungary) 1 .................Ruth Fuchs (East Germany) 2 ...................Daniela Jaworska (Poland) 2 ..............Nataša Urbančič (Yugoslavia) 3 ........... Ameli Koloska (West Germany) 3 .................................Kate Schmidt (US) 4 ...................Magdolna Vidos (Hungary) 4 ......... Jacqueline Hein (East Germany) 5 ............. Valentina Evert (Soviet Union) 5 ...................Daniela Jaworska (Poland) 6 ..............Nataša Urbančič (Yugoslavia) 6 .............................. Eva Janko (Austria) 7 ...............Nina Marakina (Soviet Union) 7 ............... Elvīra Ozoliņa (Soviet Union) 8 .........................Márta Rudas (Hungary) 8 ........... Svetlana Babich (Soviet Union) 9 ..............Vera Komissar (Soviet Union) 9 ................... Lutvian Mollova (Bulgaria) 10 ............ Helga Börner (East Germany) 10 ......Tatyana Zhigalova (Soviet Union) © Track & Field News 2018 — 3 — World Rankings — Women’s Javelin 1974 1978 1 .................Ruth Fuchs (East Germany) 1 .................Ruth Fuchs (East Germany) 2 ......... Jacqueline Hein (East Germany) 2 ..........Tessa Sanderson (Great Britain) 3 ................... Lutvian Mollova (Bulgaria) 3 ..............Ute Hommola (East Germany) 4 ..............Nataša Urbančič (Yugoslavia) 4 ................. Ute Richter (East Germany) 5 .................................Kate Schmidt (US) 5 ............................... María Colón (Cuba) 6 ...........................Mária Vágó (Hungary) 6 .......................... Eva Raduly (Romania) 7 ...... Sabine Sebrowski (East Germany) 7 ...... Eva Helmschmidt (West Germany) 8 ........... Svetlana Babich (Soviet Union) 8 ............................... Sherry Calvert (US) 9 ......................... Felicja Kinder (Poland) 9 .................................Kate Schmidt (US) 10 ......... Marion Becker (West Germany) 10 ........ Ingrid Thyssen (West Germany) 1975 1979 1 .................Ruth